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About Panda in Chief

Anne Belov paints, writes, makes prints, and is the founder of The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire. You can find her paintings at the Rob Schouten Gallery and Fountainhead Gallery, her cartoons on The Panda Chronicles, and her new book here. She also writes regularly for The Whidbey Life Magazine, a free journal of art and culture on Whidbey Island. Her main regret in life is that there is no MacArthur Grant for Panda Satire.

Did I forget it is Mr Wu Wednesday? Heck, NO!

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As I said on Monday, I am a bit behind the time due to high level meetings with Pandas Worldwide at our annual conference. Fortunately, I had managed to smuggle a transcript of the keynote address, delivered by none other than Mr. Wu! And now, through the magic of the internet, I can share it with you now. Huzzah!

What will that little bear say next? Poor mountain village, indeed.

Oh that Mr. Wu!

And in case you are on the edge of your seat, waiting for news of The Panda Chronicles Book 2: Wheel…of…PANDAS! you do not have long to wait. I am planning to release the bears (so to speak) on April Fools day and there will be special discounts for launch week. Huzzah! Stay tuned right here to this very spot to learn how you can get your book and have more panda kindergarten antics at your fingertips.

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

It’s Monday and there is no new cartoon…..

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…but I have a very good excuse! I was at the San Diego Zoo Pandamonium Convention, where pandas from several countries all came together to discuss issues that are affecting pandas. Sort of a Panda World Domination Summit, you might say. Needless to say, there were cuppycakes (and quite good ones too!) and a wonderful time was had by all.

So that I don’t leave your Monday panda-less, here is one of my favorite cartoons (and it’s in Book 2 of The Panda Chronicles: Wheel…of…Pandas!, which is scheduled for release on April 1st, and that’s no foolin’ !)

Will Mehitabel ever free herself of pandas? Stay tuned!

And because I’m just “that kind of bear,” here is another cartoon that appears in the book. I’m hoping that someone will right this terrible wrong before the next round of MacArthur Fellowships:

Why IS there no MacArthur Fellowship for Panda Satire, anyway?

Stay tuned for the debut of The Panda Chronicles Book 2: Wheel…of…PANDAS! with special launch week discounts for faithul followers of The Panda Chronicles! We will also reveal (on Mr Wu Wednesday) some of the stuff we learned at the Panda Convention! (And we will print the transcript of the stirring keynote address, delivered by Mr. Wu himself, about being the youngest member of the great San Diego Panda Dynasty! There wasn’t a dry eye in the house!)

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

It’s Monday and there is no new cartoon…..

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Will Mehitabel ever free herself of pandas? Stay tuned!

Why IS there no MacArthur Fellowship for Panda Satire, anyway?

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

Furry Friday, coming to you on Thursday this week only!

It’s a Windy Wu’sday, as Mr Wu prepares to greet his Panda Fans! Huzzah!

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Up here in the panda-less Pacific Northwest, one thing we are never short of are wind and rain. OK, that was two things, but they do kind of go together! Although, right now, we are having wind and SUN! But I bet you wish I would quit blathering about the weather, and get the latest cartoon from Mr Wu up on this site.

OK, OK, here it is!

Don’t you love “rear shots” of baby pandas?

And don’t forget, Book 2 of The Panda Chronicles is about to be released! Stay tuned on this very page or follow us on twitter @pandachronicle and now you can like us on facebook on Bob The Panda‘s newly remodeled page. Woot woot huzzah! Huzzah!

Be the bear!

Top of the Monday Morning To You!

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Saint Pandy’s Day may be over for another year, and we ate way too many green frosted cuppycakes (what WAS in those things, anyway?) but another holiday celebrating sugar filled snacks is on it’s way soon. Get ready for a visit from…

The Easter Panda!

What’s Black and White and carries cuppycakes in a basket?

And speaking of sugary treats, book 2 of The Panda Chronicles : Wheel…of…Pandas! is getting ready to be unleashed on an unsuspecting public. Stay tuned for a special discount for newsletter subscribers!

Be the Bear!

Bob T Panda

It’s Fabulous Furry Friday, once again!

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Here we are, on a Friday morning, and we’d like to discuss the role of pandas in art history. I don’t know if anyone noticed in the most recent Wu on Wednesday cartoon, that Bai Yun’s pose in the first panel, was taken directly from a Caravaggio painting at The National Gallery in London, Supper at Emmaus. I wouldn’t want anyone to think that I had wasted seven years in art school.

Speaking of pandas in art, a painting that was recently discovered in the basement of a London Gallery, which wished to be unnamed, proves beyond the shadow of a doubt, that James Abbott McNeil Whistler had a thing for pandas, in this first version of a painting of his mother. Rumor has it that he had asked his mother for funds to travel to Italy, as he had recently been bankrupted after the Ruskin trial. She refused, and he painted this portrait of her, as a panda. later he relented and painting a portrait that was more of a likeness, but many thought that the original painting was more flattering.

“Arrangement in Black, White, and Gray” by James A. McNeil Whistler

Till next week,

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

Mr Wu is very, very, VERY, sorry.

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Mr. Wu’s pirate adventure has come to an end, but don’t be sad. The panda kindergarten is already plotting his next adventure, if only they can evade the long paw of the law (aka Bai Yun) who is not, to say the least, very happy with them.

“You are right and Wu is wrong…I’ll never do it again, mommy.”

But you just can’t keep a good small bear down for long, right?

Be the Bear!

Bob T. panda

Beware, Beware! It’s Panda Scout Cookie Time!

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I don’t know about you, but the thing I like best about late February and early March is that it’s Girl Scout Cookie time. Huzzah!. The bad thing is that I seem to have developed a sensitivity to chocolate, and so cannot consume vast quantities of Thin Mint cookies, as I once could. Hmm…maybe that’s a good thing. I only got two merit badges (as opposed to “merit badgers”) when I was a scout, and I think one had to do with baking. Huzzah! So, I thought that a little organized scouting might be good for the panda kindergarten. Build “character” and all that. What the hey.

On my honor, I will try…to eat as many cookies as I possibly can….

Pass the minty cookies, please.

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

PS: You will notice that I’ve put the countdown to launch week for The Panda Chronicles Book 2: Wheel…of….PANDAS up in the countdown spot! Stay tuned, because there will be special treats (not cookies…I ate all of them already) for launch week! huzzah!